14 Year old Thiel Fellow creates his own nuclear fusion plant [video]

Re:14 Year old Thiel Fellow creates his own nuclear fusion p... by basyt on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @09:36AM (#6768166)

I think there is a lot of sensationalization, because teens aren't really expected to do much while they are teens and you do something like this - then catch words like wizkid and wonder boy or whatever get thrown around - "he certainly has shown the stupid scientists spending billions of dollars building a fusion reactor!"

fact of the matter is - today there is just so much information available on the net that you can pretty much build a 3d-printer or a cat scanner or whatever else you fancy at your home.

the bar for being a genius has significantly lowered since the 90s.

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Re:14 Year old Thiel Fellow creates his own nuclear fusion p... by bpicolo on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @10:14AM (#6768426)

If you watched the video, it's pretty clear that the kid is actually a genius. He's done a heck of a lot since what he did at 14.

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Re:14 Year old Thiel Fellow creates his own nuclear fusion p... by rthomas6 on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @11:07AM (#6768814)

Minor nitpick, but I don't like this characterization of genius. He has not accomplished a lot through just being a genius; he accomplished a lot through discipline and extreme effort. Genius probably made it all easier, but I feel that ascribing one's accomplishments to one's intelligence ignores the hours upon hours of hard work that goes into them.

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